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"Wash your hands for one or two minutes. At break, take care to avoid arguments." With his song Corona Minus , singer Aldebert introduces children to barrier gestures against the spread of the Covid-19. "France Télévisions contacted me and offered me a project around a song, a participatory clip with donations donated to an association. I found the adventure rather nice," explained the author on Friday. -composter-performer at the microphone of Matthieu Belliard, in the morning of Europe 1.
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But writing a song about the disease, aimed at a very young audience, was also a real challenge. "There are phrases that I absolutely had to say in the song, like just using my handkerchief once and throwing it away. I figured if I could, I could set the music mode to use of a dishwasher, "jokes the singer. "We still had to do something pretty fun and funny, so that the children remember the song in the form, while installing the safety instructions in the background."
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The idea of transforming the coronavirus, in the song, into extraterrestrial enemy was inspired to him by The Fifth element of Luc Besson, of which he read a biography at the time of the composition. "I am trying to do something sincere, I especially do not want to infantilize", further explains Aldebert. As for the clip, still under development, the singer simply asked his fans, asking them to send videos in which they are staged.